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Their Work in Peril, UCLA Researchers Decry Trump Administration Funding Cuts at Protest

Protests across the U.S. — including one in Westwood — drew attention to President Trump's cutting of billions of dollars in funding from the National Institutes of Health.

Border Patrol Misrepresented CA Raid, Investigation Finds

A view of the U.S. and Mexico border wall near Jacumba Wilderness Area on Feb. 25, 2025. Photo by Kevin Clancy, CalMatters and Evident Media

Miles of Delta Levees Are at Risk of Floods. Repairs Could Cost $3 Billion

The Delta faces a funding crisis to repair and maintain an aging network of 1,100 miles of levees. These earthen berms, mostly on private land, could rupture and endanger half a million people and flood thousands of acres of farmland.

Dentists Turned Them Away. Now, Disabled Californians Are Gaining New Access to Care

People with special needs often have to drive hours to find a dentist who will see them. New grants are creating more options around California.

Riverside County Gets Special Election After Lawmaker Suddenly Resigns

Bill Essayli abruptly left his Assembly seat April 1 when President Trump made him a U.S. Attorney. Here’s what comes next for voters.

New Plan to Accelerate California High-Speed Rail Construction Deserves Attention, Support

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Serial Child Molester Gets 480-Year Sentence for Abusing Young Relatives

An Oxnard man was sentenced to 480 years for sexually abusing two young family members after he had already been convicted of child molestation.

Goodwill to Slash SF Headquarters and Oakland by-the-Pound Store

The by-the-pound Oakland store just reopened a few months ago.

Supreme Court Immigration Ruling: Due Process in Theory, Deportation in Practice

The Supreme Court ruled the Trump administration may use a wartime law to deport alleged members of a foreign crime gang, as long as they are given the right to challenge the government's claim.

'It's a Shambles': DOGE Cuts Bring Chaos, Long Waits at Social Security for Seniors

Elderly and disabled people are encountering severe service disruptions as the Trump administration overhauls the Social Security Administration system.

Chabria: Bringing the Death Penalty Back to L.A. Is Politics and Hubris, Not Justice

L.A. County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman says he will allow prosecutors in his office to consider pursuing the death penalty, a punishment his predecessor did not use.

Trump Tariffs Bring Anxiety to Costco Aisles: Cut Back or Stock Up Before Prices Soar?

Experts say tariffs will affect everyday purchases, but as negotiations continue, exact price increases remain unclear.

How L.A. Removed 1 Million Pounds of Flammable Lithium-Ion Batteries From Its Burn Zones

How to deal with all those dangerous lithium-ion batteries in the burn zones? Sift. Brine. Crush (in two bright blue 'sausage grinders')

Mayor Karen Bass Is Looking Vulnerable. But Will Anyone Challenge Her in 2026?

The chattering among the city's political class about potential competitors has grown louder. But it's still unclear whether anyone will mount a serious challenge to an incumbent who still wields considerable clout.

Trump Threats Do the Unthinkable: Transform Canadians Into Flag-Waving, U.S.-booing Patriots

Instead of cowing Canadians, President Trump's threats to annex their country have unleashed a wave of patriotic fervor unmatched in living memory.

Rural Hospitals and Patients Are Disconnected From Modern Care

EUTAW, Ala. — Leroy Walker arrived at the county hospital short of breath. Walker, 65 and with chronic high blood pressure, was brought in by one of rural Greene County's two working ambulances.

Slashed Federal Funding Cancels Vaccine Clinics Amid Measles Surge

More than a dozen vaccination clinics were canceled in Pima County, Arizona.

Minke Whale Stranded in Emeryville Mudflat Amid Troubling Wave of SF Bay Whale Deaths

WHAT APPEARS TO BE a rare visit by a minke whale to the San Francisco Bay has become fraught with danger as the animal got stranded Tuesday on a shallow mudflat in Emeryville. Experts with the Cetacean Conservation Biology Team …

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The Pressure on California’s Already Shaky Budget Keeps on Growing

A month from now, Gov. Gavin Newsom must reveal a revised version of the $322.3 billion budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year that he proposed in January,

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